set native property

Automation Guide

Action-based testing language

Built-in actions

User Interface actions

Control, Element

set native property

Description

Set a new value for a specified native property of a control.

Arguments

window
TA name of the window.
control
TA name of the control.
property
Native property of the control.
value
The new value to set. (See Notes for allowable values.)

Valid contexts

This action may be used within the following project items: test modules and user-defined actions.

Applicable Systems/Platforms

This built-in action is supported on the following systems/platforms:


Desktop applications	Windows WPF
Mobile applications	iOS Native applications

Notes

Although TestArchitect provides access to native properties, you should use it very carefully. Because accessing native properties can perform critical or unsafe operations in the AUT that may change the AUT’s current state.
property argument: You can find native properties in the Native Properties tab of the Interface Viewer.
value argument: Supported property value types are as follows:
1. Primitive data types:
  - byte
  - short
  - integer
  - long
  - float
  - double
  - boolean
  - char
  - string
2. Datetime: Follows the date format, specified in the date format built-in setting.
3. Color: Follows the color formatting code, specified in the color format built-in setting.
  Remember:
  If you use the Hex color formatting code for the value argument, insert a back slash ( \ ) before the value entered. For example: \#FFFFFF.
This action supports the <ignore> modifier. If the string <ignore> is present as the value of any of the arguments, or any argument contains an expression that evaluates to <ignore>, the action is skipped during execution.

Applicable Built-In Settings

The following settings are applicable to this action: case sensitive, remove double quotes from cells, standard ASCII only, page wait, object wait, window wait, load invisible controls, color format.

This action is applicable to the following controls: button, check box, checklist, clock, combo box, datetime, frame, label, list box, list view, menu, password, picture box, progress bar, radio button, rating bar, richtext, scroll bar, separator, spin, status bar, tab control, table, text box, toggle button, toolbar, trackbar, tree view, window and calendar.